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An evil origin story (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]
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[–] samus12345 31 points 3 months ago

[–] disguy_ovahea 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It can also skew one’s perspective on the world to know an immense amount about one specific field. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

We would all do well to understand our biases.

[–] jaybone 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also it gives the uneducated the opportunity to associate education with evil.

[–] qaz 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

One of my biggest gripes with Lemmy is that some see a conspiracy in a very single thing in existence

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Doesn't have to be a conspiracy to have that effect or reflect that view

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

It's almost too much of a coincidence